Who Signs The Final Return

[Christian]

I am preparing the final return of a longtime client whose son has held their power of attorney for a few years. He asked me who was to sign the final return and I stated he or his sister as executor or administrator of his mother's final affairs. He had formerly said he and his sister were the two named heirs so I assumed his mother had a will and he had it probated. But no he had not and further advised it was unnecessary for some obscure reason he could not provide. Soooooooooo without the court documentation I am left wondering just how his late mother's final return is to be signed.

[Christian]

Always a new wrinkle. After a conversation with the local court I find he did have the will recorded although not probated and he is recognized as administrator. You learn something new every year in this line of work.